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This is a fossilized femur from a new dinosaur species discovered in Argentina that might be the world's largest. Believed to be a new species of Titanosaur (a sauropod, like Brontosaurus), the beast could have reached 40-meters (~130 feet) in length, 20-meters (~65 feet, or 7... / Continue →

Because comic book universes need diversity too, Marvel has announced that the new Ms. Marvel will be a Muslim girl of Pakistani descent living in New Jersey, constantly trying to balance her freedom and shape-shifting superpowers with a demanding, conservative family. Sounds ... / Continue →

This is an olinguito (oh-lin-GHEE-toe), a species of carnivorous mammal that has been known to exist for over 100 years, but was only recently scientifically documented and classified. That's weird. Maybe not as weird as where all the dried blood under my fingernails came fro... / Continue →

This is a new species of tarantula recently discovered in Sri Lanka that's the size of a human face. For reference, close your eyes and imagine one with its abdomen resting on your lips. Can you feel its legs tickling behind your ears? No need to thank me.
They prefer well-... / Continue →

Okay, so "terrifying" might have been a giant overstatement. MY BAD. I can't help it if I have a flair for the dramatic. *flourishing cape* "Stop that." Not until you acknowledge I'm naked underneath and you saw the goods. This is Haunted Beauty Ghost Barbie, the first in... / Continue →

The guy on the far left: he's filming the scantily-clad car models.
You know what the problem with Lamborghinis is? Not enough room to haul stuff. Enter the conceptual Lamborghini Urus, a 200-MPH SUV from the Italian manufacturer who's cars used to give me boners in the earl... / Continue →

This is the Phillips' latest award-winning LED light bulb, a 10-watter that produces the light equivalent (and warm glow) of a 60-watt incandescent and is rated to last 20-years at 4-hours/use a day. Will we even be using light bulbs in 20 years? No, we will not. The world i... / Continue →

RETROACTIVE WARNING: Scary wasp picture above.
This is a new species of giant wasp discovered in Indonesia, effectively canceling my plans to ever visit the country. It grows over 2.5" long and has jaws longer than its legs. That...ain't right. Same goes for longer-than-leg... / Continue →

Here's the first official look at the upcoming LEGO Minecraft set and, SURPRISE!: It's every bit as blocky as you imagined. Unless you imagined it round like a balloon, in which case you're a very special person. Like, probably should have repeated a grade special. The 430-p... / Continue →

Because a little Star Wars licensing goes a long way for selling products *eying novelty Darth Vader head shaped mouse pad*, here are two new slot-car tracks being released by slot-car manufacturer Scalextric. Ever wanted to recreate the Battle of Endor or Death Star Attack in... / Continue →

Today at E3 Nintendo announced the 2012 release of its next generation console, the Wii U (great job knocking the 'an even worse name than I expected' ball out of the park, guys). The system will boast controllers with 6.2" high-res touchscreens (and a gyroscope, accelerometer... / Continue →

Note: Actual console will probably NOT look like an old slide-projector.
So apparently Nintendo has opened up a bit (JUST LIKE I SAID THEY SHOULD) and released some info on the upcoming gaming console set to drop next year. Next year being 2012. 2012 being the year the world... / Continue →

In a turn of events that shouldn't surprise anybody who's been willing to lose a job for a little recognition, a worker at the Chinese factory where the hairy palm and blindness-causing Nintendo 3DS (which isn't scheduled for release until March) is manufactured managed to smug... / Continue →

Tokyoflash just released four new designs in time for the holidays and they are, clockwise(!!!!!111) from top left: the Transit, Joypad, Lightspeed and RPM. The first three designs are available in both black and white (but NOT red all over. If yours is red all over you're pr... / Continue →

A bat that allegedly looks like Yoda has been discovered in Papua New Guinea. Personally, I don't see the resemblance. It looks like a flying f***ing orc if you ask me. Well, I guess there's only one way to settle this rationally: BURN DOWN THE FOREST -- LET'S SMOKE 'EM OUT... / Continue →

Note: There are 156 new species. Obviously, this isn't all of them. Hit the jump to see the entire graphic. Plus bonus video!
As many of you probably know, I'm not allowed to play Pokemons anymore on account of them making me worship earth spirits and set my grandparents' h... / Continue →

Kentucky Fried Cruelty is allegedly testing a new sandwich at select stores. What kind of sandwich? Try "5 layers of fried chicken skin, lumped on a bun and topped with white american cheese and bacon." Mmmm, I can already feel my intestines trying to escape out my butthole.... / Continue →

To nobody's surprise, Microsoft announced the new XBox 360 yesterday. It has a number of notable improvements over the old brick, including: shiny blackness, a 250GB drive, built-in Wi-Fi, a quieter fan and a custom Kinect port for new motion controller. All for the same pric... / Continue →

Note: Trailer is after the jump because there should never be a video featuring a guy about to get his nuts sawed in half on the front page. Wait, that's not true.
Hot on the heels of the 'WTF was that?' Mortal Kombat movie trailer or whatever the hell it was comes this previ... / Continue →

The iPhone 4. It's coming June 24. You can pre-order starting the 15th. Or not care starting anytime you want. The new features:
Two cameras, one back facing 5MP with LED flash, one forward facing VGA, plus "FaceTime" video chatting (but only from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 ov... / Continue →